The 32 clubs entered in the Champions League had until Thursday evening, at midnight, to communicate to UEFA their list of the 25 players selected for the competition. PSG had to make choices, while LOSC only put 21 names on the sheet.
21 players for Gourvennec, 25 for Pochettino.
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D-11! On September 14, the race to take over from Chelsea will be officially launched when the group stage of the Champions League kicks off.
The 32 participating clubs had until Thursday evening, at midnight, to communicate to UEFA their A list of the 25 players selected to compete in the competition, not to mention the B list reserved for young U21 players. To reach the correct total, Paris Saint-Germain had to make choices, while LOSC only put 21 names on the sheet.
Possible changes in February
The fault of the criteria imposed by UEFA, which requires participants to register at least four players trained at the club and four others trained in France in their list A. Without this, the authorized quota is reduced. And in Lille, it was the Croatian left side Domagoj Bradaric (21), overtaken in the hierarchy by Reinildo (27), who paid the price. We will also note the absence of the right piston Jérémy Pied (32 years old), who could have been qualified, but Jocelyn Gourvennec does not seem to be counting on him.
On the other hand, the northern technician logically summoned all his executives. From Jose Fonte (37 years old) to Burak Yilmaz (36 years old), via Renato Sanches (24 years old). And it will take that to get out of group G, which includes Sevilla FC, Red Bull Salzburg and Wolfsburg. As a reminder, the LOSC list A is not fixed, because Gourvennec will be able to modify it in February if his team qualifies for the knockout stages. And his Parisian counterpart, Mauricio Pochettino, could also take the opportunity to make changes.
Pochettino does without Bernat (for now)
Because, despite a greater depth of staff, the Argentine technician also had to make choices to meet UEFA’s criteria. Players trained at the club are rare but there (Letellier, Kimpembe, Dagba, Dina Ebimbe), not to mention those who come from other French training centers (Diallo, Kurzawa, Gueye, Mbappé). The third goalkeeper will therefore not be Sergio Rico (28 years old), who will watch the C1 on television, just like Rafinha (28 years old) and especially Juan Bernat (28 years old)!
The left side, still in the recovery phase, however retains the hope of joining the list in February. But not the former Barcelona midfielder, who is definitely not in his coach’s plans this season. And, like Gourvennec in Lille, Pochettino has also called all his executives to compete in the competition, and especially all his summer recruits. Including Sergio Ramos (35), also in the recovery phase. Bruges, Manchester City and Leipzig, all members of group A, have been warned: the Parisian armada will be there!
PSG’s A-list for the Champions League:
Guardians : Navas, Donnarumma, Letellier
Defenders : Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Sergio Ramos, Diallo, Hakimi, Kehrer, Dagba, Nuno Mendes, Kurzawa
Environments : Verratti, Paredes, Gueye, Herrera, Draxler, Danilo, Wijnaldum, Dina Ebimbe
Forwards : Mbappé, Messi, Neymar, Di Maria, Icardi
The LOSC A list for the Champions League:
Guardians : Grbic, Garden
Defenders : Steel, Djalo, Botman, Gudmunsson, Fonte, Reinildo
Environments : Xeka, Ikoné, Yazici, Sanches, Gomes, André, Onana, Niasse
Forwards : Bamba, David, Yilmaz, Lihadji, Weah
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